Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Story of Cholerawon the Audience Favorite Award in the Vermont Filmmakers’ Showcase at the 2012 Vermont International Film Festival. The Festival—held October 19–28 in Burlington—is the world’s oldest environmental and human rights festival, founded in 1985.

The film was also the winner of the Global Health Award in the 12th Media That Matters Showcase that premiered in New York City on October 25. Sponsored by Arts Engine, Inc and Reel Lives, these “twelve short films on the most important issues of the day” were selected to promote social change and inspire action by reaching “thousands through community screenings around the world.”

The Story of Cholera has won seven awards and has been screened at seven international film festivals.

Peter Cardellichio presented our work at the Global Nursing Caucus Conference in Boston on October 20. Peter’s talk—Using New Media for International Training—covered the vision and goals of the Global Health Media Project, showed sample clips demonstrating unique features of our work, and addressed the important and expanding role that video will play in training of nurses and frontline providers in developing countries.

Conference participants were enthusiastic about using these videos in their teaching and training. The Global Nursing Caucus is focused on improving nursing care worldwide by improving collaboration and information dissemination among those in this field.